Is Wetherby, Yorkshire a nice place to live?

Is Wetherby a nice place to live or is Wetherby a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Wetherby meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Wetherby?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Wetherby. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Wetherby. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Harrogate Oatlands	30910
2	Knaresborough Scriven Park	30681
3	Marston Moor	29540
4	Knaresborough Eastfield	29362
5	Tadcaster	29354
6	Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale	28395
7	Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt	28292
8	Harrogate Hookstone	27571
9	Wetherby	20385
10	Harrogate Fairfax	19271

Is Wetherby a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Wetherby, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Wetherby residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
York	4.23
Leeds (Wetherby)	5.01
Kirklees	5.55
Wakefield	6.55

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Wetherby. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Wetherby. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Marston Moor (Best)	28864
2	Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale	28691
3	Harrogate Oatlands	28270
4	Harrogate Hookstone	26234
5	Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt	23521
6	Knaresborough Scriven Park	22141
7	Tadcaster	20730
8	Knaresborough Eastfield	19202
9	Wetherby	18266
10	Harrogate Fairfax (Worst)	16221

Is Wetherby rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Wetherby. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Harrogate Oatlands	31780
2	Harrogate Hookstone	28431
3	Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt	26641
4	Knaresborough Scriven Park	25211
5	Wetherby	24851
6	Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale	24262
7	Knaresborough Eastfield	24097
8	Marston Moor	24086
9	Tadcaster	23513
10	Harrogate Fairfax	19017

How affordable are the rents in Wetherby?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Wetherby rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for West Yorkshire.

Beds	Leeds	West Yorkshire
1	£650	£500
2	£725	£575
3	£750	£650
4	£1560	£1100

How much can I earn in Wetherby per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Wetherby, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Wetherby's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Leeds (Wetherby)	£662.90
2	York UA	£646.80
3	Wakefield	£613.70
4	Kirklees	£612.00

So, is Wetherby a nice place to live?

Wetherby has passed our core town assesment with a score of 4/5.  However, the rents in Wetherby are more expensive than other parts of West Yorkshire.

* Probably.